Sotheby's Old Masters Viewing

15 Oct 1995

Sunday 15 October 1995

On a summer evening, Sotheby's in Bond Street was transformed into a garden. Viewing the highlights of the forthcoming sales, guests gazed at Old Masters surrounded by trellises, weathered ladders and baskets of flowers, prompting president and chief executive Mrs Diana D. Brooks to suggest an extra auction to sell off the props. It was a party with lots of froth, not because Ivana Trump's presence, but because the champagne was served with scoops of sorbet. This was an innovation of Johnny Roxburgh's of The Admirable Crichton, who said: 'I can tell a good party by how many people my staff know.' Here, waitresses were found talking to guests- who turned out to be their parents or godparents.

Mrs Timothy West and Timothy West

Hugo Burnand

Natalie Hambro and Antonio Monfreda

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Baroness Rawlings

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Bunny Campione and Lord Christopher Thynne

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Henry Wyndham and Samantha Barker

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Mrs Alfred Taubman

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Celestia Fox and Lord David Dundas

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The Earl of Gowrie, Vincent Poklewski-Koziell and Mrs Vincent Poklewski-Koziell